Radical 30

Not to be confused with ㅁ, the jamo in Korean.

Not to be confused with 囗, Radical 31.

For the katakana character, see ロ.

口
Radical 30 (U+2F1D)
口 (U+53E3) "mouth"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	kǒu
Bopomofo:	ㄎㄡˇ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:	koou
Wade–Giles:	kʻou3
Cantonese Yale:	háu
Jyutping:	hau2
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:	kháu (col.) khó͘ (lit.)
Japanese Kana:	コー kō (on'yomi) くち kuchi (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:	구 ku
Names
Chinese name(s):	(Side)口字旁 kǒuzìpáng (Top)口字頭 kǒuzìtǒu (Bottom)口字底 kǒuzìdǐ
Japanese name(s):	口偏/くちへん kuchihen
Hangul:	입 ip
Stroke order animation

Radical 30 or radical mouth (口部) meaning "mouth" is one of 31 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 3 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 1,146 characters (out of 40,000) to be found under this radical.

口 is also the 37th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

• 
  Oracle bone script character
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  Bronze script character
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  Large seal script character
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  Small seal script character

Derived characters

Strokes	Characters
+0	口
+2	古 句 另 叧 叨 叩 只 叫 召 叭 叮 可 台 叱 史 右 叴 叵 叶 (also SC form of 葉 -> 艸) 号SC/JP (=號 -> 虍) 司 叹SC (=嘆) 叺 叻 叼 叽SC (=嘰)
+3	叾 叿 吀 吁 (also SC form of 籲 -> 竹) 吂 吃 各 吅 吆 吇 合 吉 吊 吋 同 名 后 吏 吐 向 吒 吓 (also SC form of 嚇) 吔 吕SC (=呂) 吖 吗SC (=嗎) 吸
+4	吘 吙 吚 君 吜 吝 吞 吟 吠 吡 吢 吣 吤 吥 否 吧 吨 (also SC form of 噸) 吩 吪 含 听SC (=聽 -> 耳) 吭 吮 启SC (=啟 -> 攴) 吰 吱 吲 吳 吴SC (=吳) 吵 吶 吷 吹 吺 吻 吼 吽 吾 吿 呀 呁 呂 呃 呄 呅 呆 呇 呈 呉JP (=吳) 告 呋 呌 呍 呎 呏 呐SC (=吶) 呑 (=吞) 呒SC (=嘸) 呓SC (=囈) 呔 呕SC (=嘔) 呖SC (=嚦) 呗SC (=唄) 员SC (=員) 呙SC (=咼) 呚 呛SC (=嗆) 呜SC (=嗚)
+5	呝 呞 呟 呠 呡 呢 呣 呤 呥 呦 呧 周 呩 呪JP (=咒) 呫 呬 呭 呮 呯 呰 呱 呲 味 呴 呵 呶 呷 呸 呹 呺 呻 呼 命 呾 呿 咀 咁 咂 咃 咄 咅 咆 咇 咈 咉 咊 (=和) 咋 和 咍 咎 咏 咐 咑 咒 咓 咔 咕 咖 咗 咘 咙SC (=嚨) 咚 咛SC (=嚀) 咜 咝SC (=噝) 咼GB TC variant
+6	咞 咟 咠 咡 咢 咣 咤 咥 咦 咧 咨 咩 咪 咫 咬 咭 咮 咯 咰 咱 咲 咳 咴 咵 咶 咷 咸 咹 咺 咻 咼Traditional/JP variant 咽 咾 咿 哀 品 哂 哃 哄 哅 哆 哇 哈 哉 哊 哋 哌 响SC (=響 -> 音) 哎 哏 哐 哑SC (=啞) 哒SC (=噠) 哓SC (=嘵) 哔SC (=嗶) 哕SC (=噦) 哖 哗 哘 哙SC (=噲) 哚 哛 哜 哝SC (=噥) 哞 哟SC (=喲)
+7	哠 員 哢 哣 哤 哥 哦 哧 哨 哩 哪 哫 哬 哭 哮 哯 哰 哱 哲 哳 哴 哵 哶 哷 哸 哹 哺 哻 哼 哽 哾 哿 唀 唁 唂 唃 唄 唅 唆 唇SC/JP/variant (=脣 -> 肉) 唈 唉 唊 唋 唌 唍 唎 唏 唐 唑 唒 唓 唔 唕 唖JP (=啞) 唳 啄 唗 唘 (=啓=啟 -> 攴) 唙 唚 唛SC (=嘜) 唜KO 唝SC (=嗊) 唞 唟KO 唠SC (=嘮) 唡SC (=啢) 唢SC (=嗩) 唣 唤SC (=喚) 唥 唦 唧
+8	唨 唩 唪 唫 唬 唭 售 唯 唰 唱 唲 唴 唵 唶 唷 唸 唹 唺 唻 唼 唽 唾 唿 啀 啁 啂 啃 啅 商 啇 啈 啉 啊 啋 啌 啍 啎 問 啐 啑 啒 啓JP/GB TC (=啟 -> 攴) 啔 (=啓=啟 -> 攴) 啕 啖 啗 啘 啙 啚 (=圖 -> 囗) 啛 啜 啝 啞 啠 (=哲) 啡 啢 啣 啤 啥 啦 啧SC (嘖) 啨 啩 啪 啫 啬SC (=嗇) 啭SC (=囀) 啮SC (=嚙=齧 -> 齒) 啯SC (=嘓) 啰SC (=囉) 啱 啲 啳 啴SC (=嘽) 啵 啶 啸SC (=嘯) 啹 喎SC variant 喝JP
+9	啷 啺 啻 啼 啽 啾 啿 喀 喁 喂 喃 善 喅 喆 (=哲) 喇 喈 喉 喊 喋 喌 喍 喎TC variant 喏 喐 喑 喒 (=咱) 喓 喔 喕 喖 喗 喘 喙 喚 喛 喜 喝SC/TC/KO 喞Kangxi (=唧) 喟 喠 喡 喢 喣 喤 喥 喦 喧 喨 喩Kangxi/JP/KO (=喻) 喪 喫 喬 喭 單 喯 喰 喱 喲 喳 喴 喵 営JP (=營 -> 火) 喷SC (=噴) 喸KO 喹 喺 喻 喼 喽SC (=嘍) 喾SC (=嚳) 嗏SC variant 嗒SC variant 嗗SC variant 嗢SC/HK variant
+10	喿 嗀 嗁 嗂 嗃 嗄 嗅 嗆 嗇 嗈 嗉 嗊 嗋 嗌 嗍 嗎 嗏TC variant 嗐 嗑 嗒TC variant 嗓 嗔 嗕 嗖 嗗TC variant 嗘 嗙 嗚 嗛 嗜 嗝 嗞 嗟 嗠 嗡 嗢TC variant 嗣 嗤 嗥 嗦 嗧 嗨 嗩 嗪 嗫SC (=囁) 嗬 嗭KO 嗮 嗯 嗰 嗱 嗲 嗳SC (=噯) 嗴 嗵SC variant 嗶GB TC variant 嗷SC variant 嗸SC variant 嗼SC variant
+11	嗵TC variant 嗶Traditional variant 嗷TC variant 嗸TC variant 嗹 嗺 嗻 嗼TC variant 嗽 嗾 嗿 嘀 嘁 嘂 嘃 嘄 嘅 嘆 嘇 嘈 嘉 嘊 嘋 嘌 嘍 嘎 嘏 嘐 嘑 嘒 嘓 嘔 嘕 嘖 嘗 嘘SC/JP (=噓) 嘙 嘚 嘛 嘜 嘝 嘞 嘟 嘠 (=嘎) 嘡 嘢 嘣 嘤SC (=嚶) 嘥 嘦 嘧 嘨JP (=嘯) 噌 噑 (=嗥)
+12	嘩 嘪 嘫 嘬 嘭 嘮 嘯 嘰 嘱 嘲 嘳 嘴 嘵 嘶 嘷(=嗥) 嘸 嘹 嘺 嘻 嘼 嘽 嘾 嘿 噀 噁 噂 噃 噄 噅 噆 噇 噈 噉 噊 噋 噍 噎 噏 噐(=器) 噒 噓 噔 噕 噖 噗 噘 噙 噚 噛JP (=嚙) 噜SC (=嚕) 噝 器JP 噴 噠GB TC variant 噢SC variant 噧GB TC variant 噶SC variant
+13	器SC/TC/KO 噞 噟 (=應 -> 心) 噠Traditional variant 噡 噢TC variant 噣 噤 噥 噦 噧Traditional variant 噩 噪 噫 噬 噭 噮 噯 噰 噱 噲 噳 噵 (=道 -> 辵) 噶TC variant 噷 噸 噹 噺JP 噻 噼 噽 嚃SC variant 嚆SC variant 嚄SC variant
+14	噾 噿 嚀 嚁 嚂 嚃TC variant 嚄TC variant 嚅 嚆TC variant 嚇 嚈 嚉 嚊 嚋 嚌 嚍 嚎 嚏 嚐 嚑 嚒 嚓 嚝GB TC variant
+15	嚔 嚕 嚖 嚗 嚘 嚙 嚚 嚛 嚜 嚝Traditional variant 嚞 嚟 嚠 嚡 嚢JP (=囊) 嚣SC (=囂)
+16	嚤 嚥 嚦 嚧 嚨 嚩 嚪 嚫 嚬 嚭 嚮 嚯 嚰 嚴GB TC variant
+17	嚱 嚲 嚳 嚴Traditional variant 嚵 嚶 嚷 嚸 嚹 嚺 嚽GB TC variant 嚾SC variant 嚿SC variant
+18	嚻 嚼 嚽Traditional variant 嚾TC variant 嚿TC variant 囀 囁 囂 囃 囄 囆GB TC variant 囈GB TC variant
+19	囅 囆Traditional variant 囇 囈Traditional variant 囉 囊 囋 囎JP
+20	囌GB TC variant 囏 (=艱 -> 艮) 囐 囒GB TC variant
+21	囌Traditional variant 囍 囑 囒Traditional variant 囓 囔 囕
+25	囖
+28	𡆟

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a first grade kanji

Further reading

• Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
• Leyi Li: "Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases". Beijing 1993, ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2

External links

• Unihan data for U+53E3